I’ve had a fair number of conversations on Twitter with people who think the 2013 Mets have a reasonable prospect of contending. It essentially goes like this: The pitching depth next year will make the starters a strength. The bullpen was worse than their peripherals, and are bound to bounce… Read More →

Over in the Star-Ledger, Andy McCullough has a dispiriting but useful article about the Mets and Jon Niese. McCullough writes: “A season ago, when the Mets listened to offers for Niese, the pitcher might not have been considered worth a sizable offer. A young starter needs to show ‘consistency for… Read More →

What would you say if I told you the Mets had a player who premiered at 23, put up an OPS just under .800, and followed it with two straight seasons of over .900 OPS, heading into his age 26 season? You’d be pretty excited about him, right? Well, consider… Read More →

Look, I advocated for the Mets to acquire Kelly Shoppach last winter. The idea, then and for much of the 2012 season, was a simple one: Josh Thole hit righties well, but not lefties. Give him a platoon partner who could hit lefties, and the Mets suddenly had an above-average… Read More →